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Verge Science is here to bring you the most up-to-date space news and analysis, whether it’s about the latest findings from NASA or comprehensive coverage of the next SpaceX rocket launch to the International Space Station. We’ll take you inside the discoveries of new exoplanets, space weather, space policy, and the booming commercial space industry.

SpaceX successfully launches the same rocket for the fifth time but doesn’t stick the landing

Space startup Lynk uses satellite to send text message to unmodified Android phone

How NASA is preparing to launch humans to space as coronavirus pandemic worsens

This website lets you relive Apollo 13 in real time through historical transcripts, footage, and audio

Europe and Russia’s robotic mission to Mars is delayed until 2022

Blue Origin reveals shiny new mission control room for future New Glenn rocket

NASA’s future monster rocket is once again over budget and behind schedule

Elon Musk says SpaceX is thinking ‘zero’ about spinning off its Starlink business right now

Scientists will soon be able to monitor air pollution hourly from space

NASA center in California issues mandatory work-from-home policy after employee tests positive for COVID-19

SpaceX launches the last flight of its original Dragon cargo capsule

NASA still doesn’t know if it wants Boeing to perform another test flight of its passenger spacecraft

SpaceX will send three tourists to the International Space Station next year

NASA names new Mars rover Perseverance

Blue Origin shows off the finished massive nose cone for its future New Glenn rocket

DARPA’s competition to find a rapid rocket launch provider ends without a winner

China’s largest private automaker is building a satellite network now, too

Prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket implodes during late-night test

Two commercial satellites just docked in space for the first time

A milestone for satellite servicing

NASA’s InSight lander officially detects ‘marsquakes’ on Mars

‘Human computer’ Katherine Johnson dies at 101

Japan’s mission to explore Mars’ moons gets a green light

Elon Musk says AI development should be better regulated, even at Tesla

SpaceX will launch private citizens into orbit

A truly out-of-this-world experience

SpaceX loses Falcon 9 booster at sea after successful Starlink launch

NASA’s next science missions will head for Venus, Io, or Triton

Space startup’s founders linked to shady dating website ring

The latest USB-C chargers are apparently more powerful than Apollo 11’s computer

The Trump administration calls for big budget increases for NASA to fund Moon-to-Mars program

A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to get a never-before-seen look at the star’s poles

Boeing’s passenger spacecraft actually suffered a second unknown software glitch during debut flight

SpaceX may spin out internet-from-space business and make it public